The Elaboration of the Noun Phrase in Children's Description of Objects

Ford, William; Olson, David

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 19, 3, 371-382, Jun 75

Two experiments were conducted to determine whether children, ages 4-7 assign invariant labels to objects or describe the objects in terms of the context of alternatives. The acquisition of adjective ordering rules and information limits on children's utterances were also examined. (JMB)